21st Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference

The 21st Annual Gun Rights Policy  Conference (GRPC)  starts  on Friday evening, September 22nd at 7:00 p.m.  This year's theme is Victory in Sight. You will find a copy of the agenda at the end of this note.

GRPC will he held this year at the Renaissance Suites Hotel  in Charlotte, North Carolina. The address is:

2800 Coliseum Centre Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28217 USA
Phone:  1-704-357-1414

•  If you need accommodations, you can still call the Charlotte Renaissance Hotel and get the special $99 per night rate by mentioning GRPC. All of the rooms are suites with two double or one king bed, sitting area with pull out sofa bed, microwave and small refrigerator. The phone number is 1-800-468-3571.

• If you need directions, you can find them on the hotel's website http://hammonshotels.com/cltbr/maps.htm

   

  See you on Friday evening for the welcoming reception at 7:00 p.m.!

   

  Julianne Versnel Gottlieb

   

  P.S. If you find that you will be unable to attend, please let us know so we do not order a lunch that will not be eaten. We know that our contributors generously share their funds with us and we want to be good stewards.

   

   

   AGENDA 

   

   

  21st Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference

  September 22-24, 2006

  Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel —
  Charlotte, N.C.

  FRIDAY, September 22, 2006—Terrace Ballroom

  7:00 p.m.          Registration Table Opens

  7:00–10:00 p.m. Buffet Reception with Cash Bar

  Co-hosted by National Rifle Association, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation

  SATURDAY, September 23, 2006—Renaissance Ballroom

  7:30 a.m.          Registration Table Opens

  Continental Breakfast hosted by Women & Guns Magazine

   

  8:15 a.m.          CALL TO ORDER

  Moderator—Julianne Versnel Gottlieb, publisher of Women & Guns and Journal on Firearms and Public Policy

  Pledge of Allegiance

  Invocation—John M. Snyder, founder, St. Gabriel Possenti Society

   

  8:30 a.m.          State of the Gun Rights Battle

  Welcoming Remarks
  The Road Traveled—Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of Gun Week, president, Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
  The Road Ahead—Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and founder, SAF

   

  9:00 a.m.          Federal Affairs Briefing

  John M. Snyder, public affairs director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

  Charles H. Cunningham, director, federal affairs, NRA Institute for Legislative Action

  Larry Pratt, executive director, Gun Owners of America

  Ralph Walker, treasurer, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association

   

  9:45 a.m.          State Legislative Affairs Briefing

  State Sen. Sam Slom (R-HI), board of trustees, Second Amendment Foundation

  F. Paul Valone, executive director, Grass Roots of North Carolina
  Rick Daniel, legislative director, Gun Owners of South Carolina

  Daniel Ellis, counsel to the Ohio Concealed Carry Association

   

  10:30 a.m.         Break and Refreshments hosted by The New Gun Week

   

  10:45 a.m.        Questions & Answers on Federal and State Legislation

   

  11:00 a.m.         Special Address

  Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president, National Rifle Association

   

  11:45 a.m.         Recess and break to prepare for box luncheon

  Noon               Awards Lunch
  Hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation Rep. Sue Myrick (R-9th Congressional  Dist. North Carolina)
  John Lott, author of Shooting Straight: Guns, Economics and Public Policy

  Hon. Bob Barr, former Member of Congress from Georgia

  North Carolina State Rep. Mark Hilton (R-Catawba)

  South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts (R-Greenwood)

   

  1:30 p.m.          Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground
  Sue Wimmershoff-Caplan, Esq., co-author of “Postmodernism and the Model Penal Code v. The 4th, 5th, and 14th Amendment—and the Castle Privacy Doctrine in the 21st Century”

  Michael Sabbeth, Esq., “To Be or Not to Be”

  Joe Waldron, executive director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

   

  2:15 p.m.          Fighting City Halls in the Courts

  Alan Gottlieb, founder, Second Amendment Foundation
  Robert Levy, Esq. counsel, Parker vs. DC

  Alan Gura, Esq. counsel, Parker vs. DC and other suits

  Terence Regan, chairman, Peoples Rights Organization

   

  3:00 p.m.          Grassroots Activism Begins at Home

  Herbert Lanford, NRA director and past president, Gun Owners of South Carolina         

  Michael Bodner, board member, ANJRPC, chairman, SC Friend of NRA
  Peggy Bodner, outgoing executive vice president, ANJRPC, member GOSC

  Dale Heil, DC, Pennsylvania gun rights activist and author
  Maria Heil, contributing editor, Women & Guns

  Kenneth Blanchard, author of Black Man with a Gun

   

  3:30 p.m.           Break and refreshments hosted by KeepAndBearArms.com

   

  3:45p.m.           The International Gun Control Movement

  Alan M. Gottlieb, founder, Second Amendment Foundation
  Richard Patterson, managing director, Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute
  David Kopel, research director, Independence Institute   

   

  4:15 p.m.          Personal Protection on Public Lands

  Dave Workman, senior editor of Gun Week

  Phillip Van Cleave, president, Virginia Citizens Defense League

                                     

  4:45 p.m.          Status of the Right to Carry

  State Sen. Phillip B. Journey (R-KS), sponsor of Kansas CCW Legislation

  Rick Daniel, legislative director, Gun Owners of South Carolina
  Richard Pearson, executive director, Illinois State Rifle Association

  Chris Bird, author of Concealed Carry Handbook and Thank God I Had a Gun

   

  5:30 p.m.          Q & A on Saturday session

   

  6:00 p.m.          Announcements and Adjournment

   

  6:30-9:30 p.m. Reception with Cash Bar— Terrace Ballroom
  Hosted by National Shooting Sports Foundation & the Hunting & Shooting Sports Heritage Fund

  
  SUNDAY, September 24, 2006—Terrace Ballroom

   

  8:00 A.M.         Registration Table Opens
  Continental Breakfast hosted by The New Gun Week

   

  8:50 a.m.          CALL TO ORDER

  Moderator, Peggy Tartaro, editor, Women & Guns, board member, CCRKBA

   

  9:00 a.m.          The Evil Empire States

  John Cushman, NRA Director and chairman, SAFE Inc. of New York

  Richard Pearson, exec. Director, Illinois State Rifle Association

  Michael Bodner, board member, ANJRPC; chairman, SC Friends of NRA dinner

   

  9:30 a.m.          2006 Watershed Congressional Election

  Alan Gottlieb, chairman, CCRKBA, co-founder of AmeriPAC

  Charles H. Cunningham, director, federal affairs, NRA Institute for Legislative Action
  F. Paul Valone, executive director, Grass Roots of North Carolina  

   

  10:00 a.m.        Illegal Immigration, Crime and Terrorism

  Charles Heller, host of the “Liberty Watch” and “America Armed & Free” radio programs.

  Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week                       

  10:30 a.m.        Effective Internet  and Media Protocols for Activists

  Donald Irvine, chairman, Accuracy in Media
  David Kopel, research director, Independence Institute

  Jeff Knox, Operations Manager, The Firearms Coalition

   

  11:00 a.m.         Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Mayor’s Coalition

  Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of Gun Week, president, Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)

  Joe Waldron, executive director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

   

  11:30 p.m.        Q & A on Morning Session

   

  Noon: Report of the Resolutions Committee

  John Hosford, Wyoming gun rights activist

  Sue Wimmershoff-Caplan, Esq., former NRA Board member

  Richard Pearson, president, Illinois State Rifle Association

  Robert Wiest, Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees, Tennessee activist

  Brent Greer, secretary, Peoples Rights Organization (Ohio)

  Bob Sliger, treasurer, Missourians for Personal Safety
  Genie Jennings, national spokeswoman, Second Amendment Sisters

   

  1:00 p.m.          Closing remarks and adjournment

  Alan M. Gottlieb and Joseph P. Tartaro